Wrexham’s 22-game unbeaten home record ended by 3-2 defeat to Stevenage with it also a dent to the Welsh outfit’s automatic promotion hopes.
Dan Kemp put Stevenage ahead on 13 minutes, netting from a rebound after Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo managed to save Jordan Roberts’ initial shot.
Stevenage went 2-0 up five minutes later, Jamie Reid netting from a neat exchange with Louis Appere with the home fans stunned at seeing such an unfamiliar display from their side.
Wrexham did fight back with a goal back, Ollie Rathbone on 55 minutes, but Jake Young restored Stevenage’s two goal lead 10 minutes later.
Max Cleworth heading home for a tense end to the game, but Stevenage held on to those much needed three points.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? pic.twitter.com/C6rQB8z48Q
— Stevenage FC 🔴⚪ (@StevenageFC) January 28, 2025
It’s a Hollywood double. 🍿 pic.twitter.com/vgsMaFB7K9
— Stevenage FC 🔴⚪ (@StevenageFC) January 28, 2025
Wrexham stay third in the League One standings as they missed the chance to close the gap on Birmingham and Wycombe, while Stevenage climb up to 15th.
Wrexham’s Phil Parkinson, per Sky Sports:
“Those two goals in the first half were just too easy. We have to get back to doing the very basics on the football pitch well.
“You still give yourself a platform by fighting and competing all over the pitch, by blocking shots, and we were way off it out there tonight.
“If you look at the third goal, we have lost challenges, and we have not shown enough desire in the final moment to block the shot.
“We will use the defeat as motivation. I will look closely at myself and take full responsibility for that. I pride myself and my coaching staff on preparing teams to play well, and the majority of the time, we have done that and competed and been strong.
“Tonight we were too loose out of possession and obviously weren’t good enough in possession first half.
“When you are not playing well as a team, you have to stand strong as a team and win headers and there wasn’t enough fight barring two or three players out there tonight.”
Stevenage’s Alex Revell:
“It was a fantastic performance, to come here and beat this team and do the double over them, a team which is in the top bracket.
“Every game, confidence and belief grows. I thought first half, in my opinion, was the best I have seen a Stevenage team play in a very long time.
“To a man, everyone worked incredibly hard tonight for the win, and I can’t single out anyone really because of the whole team’s performance.
“This is what happens when you believe in what you are doing and believe in the team; we just have to keep working now.
“We saw some of the fruits of our labour on Saturday at times and I thought first half today we really saw that.
“We should have been out of sight at half-time, but you know what’s coming with the players that they got; you know this Wrexham team is strong, so it’s a magnificent win.”
Fans gave their reaction as Wrexham’s 22-game unbeaten home record gets ended by a 3-2 defeat to Stevenage…
@JamesWalford1: Performance of the season! Some brilliant performances and credit revs – absolutely spot on! Eli King MoM 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
@Romario__Bebeto: Everyone bang at it today. King majestic, Kemp is a wizard, Appéré lead the line beautifully. Atmosphere in the away end absolutely top draw 👏🏻
@Marcothomas1: Fair do’s you came with a plan and played us off the park, no one has done that for about 4 years 👏👏👏
@john1mccarthy: Revell again old olè!
@Gazpin_69kg: Outpassed, Out worked, You pulled us to bits tonight and turned out deserved winners, 3-2 flatters us. Okonkwo has to do better with first two goals but regardless of that we didn’t deserve anything out of the game.
@SDavis571: It don’t get much better. Their 1st goal clearly hand ball too. Breathless last 7 minutes lol play offs, we’re on our way, how we get there, I actually don’t care.
@sam__wxm: Credit where it’s due boys not only doing double over us but to win at our ground to, great game tonight despite weather, safe journey home & good luck for rest of season (hopefully we don’t meet again 😅)
@BradFc04_: Absolutely deserved win from you lot , fans were quite good too I must admit for only 200 or so , thanks for fucking our top 2 hopes up ya bastards 👍🏼
@RobRyanRed: Got what we deserved. Nothing. Six days left of this window to prove we want to go up tbh #WxmAFC
@MrChainsaw23: We were woeful but take nothing away from Stevenage. One of the best passing teams I’ve seen at the Racecource this season. Played us off the park at times. Onto the next 🔴⚪
@dezroberts1: Got exactly what we deserved. Can’t continue to play dog shit & then expect to pull ourselves out of it late on. Hopefully PP finally learns to never play Palmer & Lee up front ever again. Horrendous performance
@KingdumbH: Absolute dogshit performance. Fucking stop playing the palmer + lee combo, it doesn’t fucking work, it never fucking worked and it will never fucking work.
@kaisbfc:
What money can buy you:
Ex Premier League players ✅
Fans to fill your ground ✅
A win against Stevenage ❌
Thanks for the 6 points you sheep shagging spoon burners 🏴
@adxmak:
Thanks for the 6 points
Can we play you every week?
@JamesWalford1: Another one for the documentary lads!! Thanks for the six points #uptheboro
Tonight will all be about how bad Wrexham were.
But if you were there, you’ll know the real story. @StevenageFC were sublime in the first half and dug in second. Too many worldly displays out there to mention.
Some bloody night……… pic.twitter.com/l0MWlxCu78
— Jay Drackford (@drackers) January 28, 2025
Put that in your documentary lads x pic.twitter.com/2Q3Irn1DJH
— Ollie (@olliehotchy19) January 28, 2025

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